Prevalence of hepatitis C virus antibodies among blood donors at Prince Hashem Hospital, Zarka- Jordan

Jordan Medical Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 190-193

  Jbara, Ibrahim ^a   Abu Alshiekh, Nazih K ^a,c   Almomani, Asim M ^b   Khasawneh, Rame H ^b   Omari, Arwa K ^a  

^a Royal Medical Services   (Jordan)

^b Department of Histopathology   (Jordan)

^c NONE   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Anti HCV; ELISA; Hepatitis C virus; Hepatitis C virus antibody

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JORDAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SCREENING TEST; SEROPREVALENCE; SEX RATIO;

EID: 33847300992     PISSN: 04469283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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